Location

The market town of Malton is now the artisan food capital of North Yorkshire with its award-winning monthly food and farmers markets, as well as a weekly market, and annual Food Lovers' Festival backed by excellent local shops.

There are supermarkets, two breweries, restaurants, the Talbot Hotel, cookery school, tearooms, a cinema, theatre and Castle Gardens five acres of park.

Malton and Norton golf club boasts 27 holes and situated about a mile outside Malton. In addition there is Malton Secondary School (Ofsted Good 2015) located on Middlecave Road.

Ampleforth College is about 15 miles away.

There is a station at Malton with quick and regular trains to York, with connections to London Kings Cross on the fast East Coast mainline. The Transpennine trains from Malton originate in Scarborough and, after York, go on to Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool. York is the nearest city, about 18 miles along the A64 which leads on to the A1(M).

The renowned stately home Castle Howard, with its farm shop and fabulous gardens is about two and a half miles away.

Please note all distances and travel times are approximate.

Description

Situated in an enviable position in one of Malton's most desirable areas, Devonshire House was once part of Malton's famous St. Andrews School. The property underwent an extensive programme of development and refurbishment in 1999 and has been under the same ownership since the conversion.

The elegant family home offers beautifully spacious rooms, all of excellent proportions with high ceilings, large sash windows and detailed ceiling cornicing. The property is brimming with period features whilst offering thoroughly modern accommodation perfectly suited to family life.

The ground floor accommodation offers a well proportioned drawing room and dining room with high ceilings and bay windows. The breakfast kitchen has handmade wooden units with granite work tops, a double Belfast sink as well as a range of built in appliances. Just off from the kitchen sits a generous boot room fitted with built-in cabinetry, access to the WC and a door opening to the garden.

To the first floor is the impressive principle bedroom with en suite bathroom and two further bedrooms, both with en suite bathrooms, one fitted with sanitary ware from Smallbone of Devises. On the second floor there are three further bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room and the remainder served by a separate bathroom.

The lower ground floor was previously used as a self-contained one bedroom apartment. Currently laid out with a bathroom, bedroom, family room and utility room which could easily be converted back into a kitchen. A door provides direct access outside, ideal for dependent family members or as a potential holiday let.

The house is approached via a shared gravelled driveway leading to a double garage with parking for numerous cars to the side and in front. To the front and rear of the property the garden is mainly laid to lawn, bordered by a beech hedge.